Overview

• A U.S. citizen returning from a cruise to Mexico was arrested at the Galveston Cruise Port after CBP officers discovered illicit substances in their luggage during a bag inspection.
• The seized items included 72 grams of a powdery fentanyl-heroin mix concealed in prescription pill bottles and 96 grams of THC vape oil contained in vape pens.
• CBP officials confirmed the substances through drug tests and emphasized the lethality of fentanyl, describing it as a 'weapon of mass destruction.'
• The arrested individual has been handed over to local authorities for prosecution, with their identity not yet disclosed.
• This seizure highlights the ongoing public health crisis tied to synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which the CDC identifies as the leading cause of overdose deaths in the United States.